[Enter Clytæmnestra, followed by the procession

of torch-bearers

Thou, of Tyndareus the daughter,

Queen of Argos, Clytæmnestra,

What has happened? what news cometh?

What perceiving, on what tidings

Leaning, dost thou put in motion

All this solemn, great procession?

Of the Gods who guard the city,

Those above and those beneath us,